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Financial stress remains high in OctoberA weekly index published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows a continued elevation in financial stress in October 2012.
FedEx will add 20,000 workers for busy holiday seasonFedEx predicts it will ship 280 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas. To handle the surge, FedEx will hire 20,000 additional seasonal workers 鈥� the same as last year.聽
Romney the details man?Romney has always savored details when it helps him make money, Reich writes, but when it comes to running or holding office he鈥檚 been a standout for keeping the public in the dark.
Stock futures strong as markets await final presidential debateStock futures have started the week off solidly anticipating news of another round of corporate earnings and the final presidential debate Monday night.聽
Hasbro income falls on boy, preschool toysHasbro's net income fell in the third quarter heading into the holiday shopping season. Sluggish sales for toys aimed at boys and 聽preschoolers dragged down Hasbro profits.聽
From the MagazineReverse brain drain: Economic shifts lure migrants homeThe tide of brain drain 鈥� from developing countries to industrialized nations 鈥� has turned. Human capital is returning home to Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa, while some European professionals squeezed by the recession, turn toward developing countries for advancement.
How a book club can save you moneyA book club provides value in many different aspects of life while costing next to nothing. If you have any interest in reading, look for a book club in your area. You鈥檒l be glad you did.
Student loans: Even military worries about rising debtStudent loans come with protections for US troops, but loan companies seem to be misleading them, a new Pentagon report says. Student loans, held by 41 percent of troops, are among their top concerns.
Braking, now steering: Is Nissan driving for us?Nissan has announced an 'Autonomous Emergency Steering System,' that can steer a vehicle to safety if a driver can't. Is this bringing us closer to fully self-driving cars?
The woman who paid down $120K in credit card debt in five yearsFrancine Bostick racked up six figures in debt before deciding it had to go. Here's how she did it.聽
Sunscreen recall: Banana Boat spray-ons can catch on fireSunscreen recall involves 23 Banana Boat spray-on products. Five burn incidents in the US and Canada spurred the Banana Boat sunscreen recall.
Youth volunteering is well worth your timeAlmost every youth activity out there suffers for lack of volunteers. Taking part is a small time commitment that reaps big rewards.聽
Google could disappear in five years. Here's why.Could Google really go the way of Yahoo!, which was once dominant in search? One analyst thinks so, because its weak earnings reflect the larger problem of generating ad revenue from mobile traffic.
Forget range anxiety, Volt owners have gas anxietyCharging data by a charging infrastructure company suggests that Volt owners are concerned about relying on their gas engine, Gordon-Bloomfield writes.
Stocks down as weak earnings drag market lowerStock prices dropped Friday after the release of poor corporate earning reports from Microsoft, General Electric and McDonald's.聽All 10 industry groups in the S&P 500 fell, led by materials and technology聽stocks.
The 401(k): an introductionThe term is thrown around all the time, but what really is a 401(k) plan? Trent Hamm explains.
Home sales fall 1.7 percent in SeptemberThe National Association of Realtors' most recent Existing Home Sales Report shows a decline of 1.7 percent in sales since August. Home sales still rose above 11 percent the level a year ago.
Are hybrid stereotypes a thing of the past?With more hybrids than ever before on the market, have hybrid cars and their drivers broken through their own stereotypes? Gordon-Bloomfield offers some reasons for why the hybrid seems to be entering into the mainstream.
Game night offers a low-cost evening of laughsGame nights are really just an excuse to spend an evening with friends gathered together socializing without spending much money at all, Hamm writes.
Fisker Karma gets cameo in Harrison Ford thrillerFisker Karma is set to boost its Hollywood image with a cameo in an upcoming Harrison Ford movie, Ingram writes.
